The King County Labor Council has endorsed incumbent David Della over challenger Tim Burgess. It’s not a big surprise, since Della has strong roots in labor. The council did not endorse a candidate for the open council seat, where the strongest contenders are Bruce Harrell & Venus Velazquez.
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The 2004 Washington gubernatorial race was so close the winner wasn’t determined until the all the ballots were counted three times. Gov. Chris Gregoire won by 133 votes out of almost 3 million cast. Angry Republicans went to court, unsuccessfully claiming their man Dino Rossi was robbed.
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In the battle for the open seat, neither Bruce Harrell nor Venus Velazquez won enough support from members of the 43rd District Democrats (Wallingford, Ravenna, Cap Hill & Madison Park) to take the endorsement. That’s the last local legislative dem org to make its decision before the Aug. 21 primary.
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